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Eye of the storm

QLD

131 posts

Eye of the storm

QLD, 131 posts

16 Sep 2007 1:13pm

Just after a few tips in regards to shortening lines.
Firstly waht are good line lengths for waves or flat water?
Whats the best way to shorten the lines?

NJPornstar

790 posts

NJPornstar

WA, 790 posts

16 Sep 2007 11:54am

Dont shorten them under 20m.
Its too hard to jump white water and the kite is gutless.

Over 25m and it takes too long to fly across the wind window for waves.

If your kite manufacturer is on to it they will supply a floating sleeve so you can chop em. Sew on this.

INfiniDIE

478 posts

INfiniDIE

WA, 478 posts

16 Sep 2007 12:02pm

I was wondering what that thing was...I guess itll bea good idea to stick with Naish eh?

i wonder how those sigma kites will work?

Eye of the storm

QLD

131 posts

Eye of the storm

QLD, 131 posts

16 Sep 2007 2:03pm

cheers
do you just hand sew these sleves on?

NJPornstar

790 posts

NJPornstar

WA, 790 posts

16 Sep 2007 12:04pm

Go see your local sail maker

insomniac_alcoholic

190 posts

insomniac_alcoholic

WA, 190 posts

16 Sep 2007 9:41pm

I've hand sewn them before and they've held up so far

There's not much pressure on the stitching anyway because the tension's taken on the knot.

Not showing any sign of letting go but not as pretty as a sail maker would do. It'd probably cost you all of $5 to get them done too

SurfConnect

QLD

1674 posts

SurfConnect

QLD, 1674 posts

18 Sep 2007 8:12am

Approach your local kite school as they may have short lines with their teaching kites you may be able to borrow or hire and try it yourself. We use 15m on our 9m kites when teaching at times but it doesnt give you as much power. But it's easier to control, turns faster and save walking another 10m! 20m lines are good in surf.

robbo1111

NSW

656 posts

robbo1111

NSW, 656 posts

18 Sep 2007 8:57am

Flysurfer have these things called easy line connectors (elc) where you can quickly change the length of the flying lines. For exmaple on my kites the overall line length is 21m made up of a 12m, 6m and 3m sections. With 1 elc per line you can quickly remove sections to get the desired length.

~~http://www.flysurfer.com/Shop/show_articles/?Kategorie_ID=15~~

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